The Daily Dive

There is a new type of hearing loss that is hitting people of all ages and scientists are still trying to find out why. It is called hidden hearing loss and is not characterized by the traditional view of loss of hearing that the organ just gets less adept at detecting sound, instead you can still hear fine, but the brain doesn’t process the sounds clearly enough. Corinne Iozzio, executive editor...

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Amazon is continuing to experiment with new ways to let you pay. The latest plan is to create checkout terminals that would let you pay with the palm of your hand. Customers would link their hands to their credit card information and you can pay without ever having to pull out your phone or wallet. Credit card companies are in discussion with Amazon and have to figure out if they will be collabora...

Jeff Bezos - world’s richest man, CEO of Amazon, and owner of the Washington Post was hacked by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman. A digital forensic analysis has determined that large amounts of data were extracted after a corrupted video file was sent to Bezos from the WhatsApp account of the crown prince. Stephanie Kirchgaessner, investigative reporter for The Guardian who b...

The CDC has reported that the first case of the Chinese coronavirus outbreak has hit the U.S. The man infected is from Washington State and the CDC confirmed he had it with a genetic test. The virus is zoonotic which means it can be transmitted from animals to humans, but it can also be passed between humans. Dan Vergano, science reporter for Buzzfeed News, joins us for what we know about coronavi...

The next big immigration move that the Trump administration will be taking is action to tackle birth tourism. “Birth tourists” often come to the U.S. from China, Russia, and Nigeria to have their children so they can have U.S. citizenship. New regulations would alter the requirements for B visas also known as visitor visas. One key thing to watch out for will be any lawsuits that could be filed ag...

On Tuesday, the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump really gets underway and even though we almost certainly know the outcome, the President will be acquitted, it is a historic moment nonetheless. The strategy will be to admit nothing, apologize for nothing, and challenge the whole thing on constitutional grounds. Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, tells us the main arguments, who...

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Historic day on Thursday Congress opened the impeachment trial of President Trump. House Democrats read the formal charges and all 100 senators were sworn in as jurors. And just before all this happened, the GAO released a report saying that the administration’s Office of Management and Budget violated the law when it withheld military aid to Ukraine. Caitlin Emma, Reporter for Politico, joins us...

The House has delivered the articles of impeachment formally to the Senate so they can begin their trial. Speaker Nancy Pelosi also named a seven-member prosecution team to make the case for impeachment. One of the biggest questions that remain are whether any witnesses will be called and if new evidence released by Democrats will make any impact. Brett Samuels, White House reporter at The Hill, j...

Russian military agents have hacked into Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the scandal that led to President Trump’s impeachment. The tactics used were phishing emails used to steal login credentials and also gain access to one of Burisma’s servers. We still know very little about the information that was accessed, but any new information could impact the impeachment trial. Maggi...

Oscar noms are out and “Joker” is leading the pack with 11 nominations, including best picture. And despite efforts to get more diversity into the Oscars, in the major categories, it was a list of mostly white nominees and women were all together left out of the Best Director category. Brent Lang, executive editor for film and media at Variety joins us to discuss the nominations and who got snubbe...

We are learning more about what led to the targeted strike to kill Iran’s Gen. Soleimani and it was all based on intelligence that there would be some attack on U.S. embassies according to President Trump. However, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said that he did not see specific evidence, but that he still believed an attack could occur. Iran is also facing protests from its people after they adm...

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A warning for those listening, this first story is pretty gruesome. A 25 year-old Michigan man named Kevin Bacon has been murdered allegedly at the hands of Mark Latunski. They found each other on a dating app, met on Christmas Eve, and days later Bacon was found in Latunski’s basement hanging from the rafters by his ankles and his throat slit. Latunski also allegedly admitted to cutting off and e...

President Trump addressed the nation Wednesday after Iran launched a retaliatory attack on an airbase where some U.S. troops were based and announced that there were no casualties and Iran appears to be “standing down.” Instead of any new military escalation, Trump announced new sanctions on Iran. And while a broader conflict seems to have been de-escalated, there is still concern of attacks throu...

A new study is revealing the high cost of having a baby in America. The average new mother with insurance will pay more than $4,500 for her labor and delivery. According to the authors of the study, the real reason for the increase seems to be the rise in high deductibles with women paying a greater share of their childbirth expenses as a result. Olga Khazan, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us...

The trial of Harvey Weinstein has begun in New York. The trial is expected to last about 2 months and will be a high profile media spectacle as many will be interested to see if the fallen entertainment mogul can escape punishment. And just as the trial began in NY, new charges of sexual assault were leveled against him in Los Angeles. Eriq Gardner, senior editor at the Hollywood Reporter, joins u...

Tensions with Iran continue to escalate after the U.S. ordered a drone strike killing Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Now Iran has signaled that they will no longer abide by the Iran Nuclear deal and the Iraqi parliament has passed a resolution calling on the U.S. to expel troops from the country. Both sides have vowed to retaliate if anyone makes a move with the United States targeting 52 Iranian...

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You might have heard of the placebo effect, but what about its evil twin the nocebo effect? It’s when a person experiences negative symptoms from an inert pill or treatment, sometimes even from verbal suggestions. Studies are currently being done to better understand placebo and nocebo effects. Shayla Love, science writer at Vice, joins us to discuss how it all works. Next, it’s called Munchausen...